Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram has previously carried similar attacks in the area and was rumored to be plotting another to coincide with the Eid al-Adha holiday, the AP said.

In June, the whole of Kaduna state was placed under curfew after Boko Haram bombed multiple churches in coordinated suicide attacks and Christians responded with reprisal attacks on Muslims. As GlobalPost reported at the time, at least 34 people were killed and more than 100 injured.

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